Drilling down on Kasane Teto's overseas success
An exploration of why Kasane Teto, as she undergoes a tremendous reappraisal, has achieved such strong popularity outside of Japan
And now, my heart will be hopping
Gochiusa News, a loose subculture of headline aggregation performed by the otaku, validates our news at its most embarrassingly dizzy
Tending the garden
A few updates on this dilapidated shack
Barbecue, business, and bygones
DADDYCOOL, genius businessman and mascot of VIPPERs worldwide, needs more aquarium gravel for his offshore discotheque
Reviving the imas only uploader
Shut down in 2014 and reborn today with multiple archives, my inbox is now open to abuse reports in celebration of Idolmaster's 20th anniversary
Let's all go to McDonald's and ask for the nurupo burger
The look on the workers' faces will be GAH!
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Every time something bad happens, plant a flower in your room
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As long as I have subculture and SNS, I can survive
What can LovePlus and the temperament of otaku teach us about social media?
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What if it all started from randomly scribbled creations?
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Hideki Satomi's packaging and copy design
With a deeply tuned sense for blunt presentation and appreciating the quirky, Satomi has dressed many of slice of life manga that are now its crown jewels
Political bribes, a house that went underground, and the first sound MADs: the enigmatic digital halo around Muneo Suzuki
Early on in the web's history, the intersection of politics with 2channel's cynical romantics proved its collaborative power
VOCALOID data rummaging, part 2/?: A thousand voicebanks
With more data from VocaDB and Niconico, usage trends for voicebanks reveal some of the attitudes and behaviors of vocal synth otaku
Toshio Iwai's interactive art
He's been developing new forms of interaction at the heart of media art for over four decades. How did that expertise translate into games like Electroplankton and hardware like the Tenori-on?
VOCALOID data rummaging, part 1/?: The disappearance of Hatsune Miku's links
Using data from VocaDB and Niconico, Miku's initial success can be identified as a heavy focus on cover songs
Please refrain from bringing raw leeks to the venue.
An old joke endures in the attendance rules for most of Miku's concerts